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The Paris climate deal has a lot of people cheering, with world leaders like President Obama painting it as a historic moment…[show short clip from his speech], but what exactly does this agreement do and what does it mean for the world?
The major achievement is that for the first time ever virtually all nations committed to reducing their carbon emissions “as soon as possible” and to do their best to keep global warming “to well below two degrees celsius.”
If the world can keep temperature rise below two degrees we’ll have a good shot at avoiding the worst. And seeing as though the 1 degree celsius warming that has already occurred has caused us to begin suffering from noticeably more severe weather, this agreement is long overdue.
The problem is that it’s not legally binding: it doesn’t create rigid timelines for countries to meet their pledges, pledges that vary wildly from country to country--especially for the BRIC nations that are still developing and are understandably wary of sacrificing their own economic growth for the greater planetary good. That’s why pledges initially made in this deal aren’t anywhere near enough to meet the 2 degree goal.
But getting every country to commit to at least some kind of carbon reduction represents huge progress.
Wealthier nations, basically the US and Europe, will also contribute significant amounts of money toward helping poorer countries develop clean power systems and reduce deforestation, which is the second largest contributor to climate change after the burning of fossil fuels.
The agreement also establishes a transparent method for measuring and assessing how well each country is meeting its targets.
And Nations have committed to coming back every five years with new targets that should get increasingly more ambitious as the pace of technological development continues to advance.
So even though the Paris agreement didn’t do nearly enough to make sure the problem will be solved once and for all, the bottom line is that, by acting with one unified voice, the governments of the world finally sent a clear message: that the days of burning fossil fuels will quickly be coming to an end. This is what President Obama alluded to when he said:
“this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is firmly committed to a low-carbon future. And that has the potential to unleash investment and innovation in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before.”
Companies like Shell, Exxon and BP, and countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors are going to have to rapidly shift their revenue models toward clean energy, or risk being left behind.
Although America was a leader in achieving this result, our work is just beginning. We’ve got to continue to defeat the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to undercut efforts to fight climate change here at home. And the most obvious battle will take place on November 8, 2016, when we can elect a congress and a President who will take the torch from President Obama and continue the clean energy transformation of the world’s largest economy.
So that’s what the Paris Climate Agreement is all about--it’s up to us to decide whether it will indeed represent a moment of incredible progress for mankind.
Thanks for watching. Subscribe to this channel to get more videos like this. For TDC, I’m Bryce Plank.

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The Paris Climate Change Conference which concluded recently has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks. After years of repeated failures, the leaders of 195 countries finally came to the agreement that climate change is a global phenomenon and countries from the developed as well as developing world need to act together to curtail the looming threats from global warming.
Questions related to climate change summits and global warming have surfaced time and again in the UPSC papers, both Prelims and Mains. From Mains point of view we can expect a question in both GS Paper - 2 as well as GS Paper - 3. These aspects make this lecture all the more important.
So what were the points of discussion in the ParisSummit? What has been the history of climate change negotiations? What are the steps taken by India to fight climate change? All this and much more in this lecture.
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Climate Summit

The Climate Summit 2014 (sometimes also referred to as the Leader’s Climate Summit) was a meeting on climate change in New York on September 23, 2014. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced it in September 2013 and invited leaders of governments, the private sector, and civil society to unite in concrete action towards a low-carbon world.

The Summit’s focus was on initiatives and actions rather than on negotiations between countries. It was seen as a milestone on the path towards closing the emissions gap between reduction pledges and the necessary emission cuts for the 2 °C scenario, and to a new legal agreement on climate change, to be approved by the COP21 in Paris in December 2015. One product of the Summit was the New York Declaration on Forests.

Developments and positions prior to the Summit

After the COP19 in Warsaw, the Climate Summit was the next high-level gathering on climate change. Since the Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period expires in 2020, the UNFCCC process attempts to establish a new worldwide contract about climate protection and emission reduction objectives, that is to be drafted in 2014 at the COP20 in Lima and adopted in 2015 at the COP21 in Paris. The Climate Summit in September 2014 is not part of this negotiating process, but is expected to serve as a kick-off for a year of intense activity in climate policy and an indicator on the countries’ ambitions to reduce emissions and support climate protection. Having this in mind, UN Secretary-General Ban invited leaders of governments, the private sector and civil society from all over the world to unite in action:

The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, terrain, and altitude, as well as nearby water bodies and their currents. Climates can be classified according to the average and the typical ranges of different variables, most commonly temperature and precipitation. The most commonly used classification scheme was Köppen climate classification originally developed by Wladimir Köppen. The Thornthwaite system, in use since 1948, incorporates evapotranspiration along with temperature and precipitation information and is used in studying biological diversity and the potential effects on it of climate changes. The Bergeron and Spatial Synoptic Classification systems focus on the origin of air masses that define the climate of a region.

Definition

The term "summit" is generally only used for a mountain peak with some significant amount of topographic prominence (height above the lowest point en route to the nearest higher peak) or topographic isolation (distance from the nearest point of higher elevation); for example, a boulder next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered a summit. Summits near a higher peak, with some prominence or isolation, but not reaching a certain cutoff value for these quantities, are often considered subsummits (or subpeaks) of the higher peak, and are considered as part of the same mountain. The UIAA definition is that a summit is independent if it has a prominence of 30 metres (98ft) or more; it is a mountain if it has a prominence of at least 300 metres (980ft). This can be summarised as follows:

Climate change

Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as "global warming".

Scientists actively work to understand past and future climate by using observations and theoretical models. A climate record—extending deep into the Earth's past—has been assembled, and continues to be built up, based on geological evidence from borehole temperature profiles, cores removed from deep accumulations of ice, floral and faunal records, glacial and periglacial processes, stable-isotope and other analyses of sediment layers, and records of past sea levels. More recent data are provided by the instrumental record. General circulation models, based on the physical sciences, are often used in theoretical approaches to match past climate data, make future projections, and link causes and effects in climate change.

The Paris Climate Change Agreement Explained

Explaining the historic ParisClimate Change deal and what it means for the world.
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The Paris climate deal has a lot of people cheering, with world leaders like President Obama painting it as a historic moment…[show short clip from his speech], but what exactly does this agreement do and what does it mean for the world?
The major achievement is that for the first time ever virtually all nations committed to reducing their carbon emissions “as soon as possible” and to do their best to keep global warming “to well below two degrees celsius.”
If the world can keep temperature rise below two degrees we’ll have a good shot at avoiding the worst. And seeing as though the 1 degree celsius warming that has already occurred has caused us to begin suffering from noticeably more severe weather, this agreement is long overdue.
The problem is that it’s not legally binding: it doesn’t create rigid timelines for countries to meet their pledges, pledges that vary wildly from country to country--especially for the BRIC nations that are still developing and are understandably wary of sacrificing their own economic growth for the greater planetary good. That’s why pledges initially made in this deal aren’t anywhere near enough to meet the 2 degree goal.
But getting every country to commit to at least some kind of carbon reduction represents huge progress.
Wealthier nations, basically the US and Europe, will also contribute significant amounts of money toward helping poorer countries develop clean power systems and reduce deforestation, which is the second largest contributor to climate change after the burning of fossil fuels.
The agreement also establishes a transparent method for measuring and assessing how well each country is meeting its targets.
And Nations have committed to coming back every five years with new targets that should get increasingly more ambitious as the pace of technological development continues to advance.
So even though the Paris agreement didn’t do nearly enough to make sure the problem will be solved once and for all, the bottom line is that, by acting with one unified voice, the governments of the world finally sent a clear message: that the days of burning fossil fuels will quickly be coming to an end. This is what President Obama alluded to when he said:
“this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is firmly committed to a low-carbon future. And that has the potential to unleash investment and innovation in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before.”
Companies like Shell, Exxon and BP, and countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors are going to have to rapidly shift their revenue models toward clean energy, or risk being left behind.
Although America was a leader in achieving this result, our work is just beginning. We’ve got to continue to defeat the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to undercut efforts to fight climate change here at home. And the most obvious battle will take place on November 8, 2016, when we can elect a congress and a President who will take the torch from President Obama and continue the clean energy transformation of the world’s largest economy.
So that’s what the Paris Climate Agreement is all about--it’s up to us to decide whether it will indeed represent a moment of incredible progress for mankind.
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Activists Disrupt White House's Pro-Coal Panel at Bonn Climate Summit

Activists Disrupt White House's Pro-Coal Panel at Bonn Climate Summit

Activists Disrupt White House's Pro-Coal Panel at Bonn Climate Summit

Investigative journalistSteve Horn breaks down the special interests behind the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuel presentation at COP23
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Former President Obama discusses climate change at summit with mayors from around the world

Former President Obama discusses climate change at summit with mayors from around the world

Former President Obama discusses climate change at summit with mayors from around the world

Climate Change Summit 2017

From the Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders to a meteorologist teaching millenials about the consequences of global warming to an innovator sharing the stories of diverse climate leaders, these seven young panelists are already incredibly accomplished. At the October 27 event, they discussed the current state of climate change activism and how to move forward from here.

4:27

Paris climate change summit 2015: 'the near impossible task'

Paris climate change summit 2015: 'the near impossible task'

Paris climate change summit 2015: 'the near impossible task'

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IAS Preparation - Current Affairs: Paris Climate Summit 2015

The Paris Climate Change Conference which concluded recently has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks. After years of repeated failures, the leaders of 195 countries finally came to the agreement that climate change is a global phenomenon and countries from the developed as well as developing world need to act together to curtail the looming threats from global warming.
Questions related to climate change summits and global warming have surfaced time and again in the UPSC papers, both Prelims and Mains. From Mains point of view we can expect a question in both GS Paper - 2 as well as GS Paper - 3. These aspects make this lecture all the more important.
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The Paris Climate Change Agreement Explained

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Investigative journalistSteve Horn breaks down the special interests behind the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuel presentation at COP23
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published: 14 Nov 2017

Former President Obama discusses climate change at summit with mayors from around the world

Climate Change Summit 2017

From the Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders to a meteorologist teaching millenials about the consequences of global warming to an innovator sharing the stories of diverse climate leaders, these seven young panelists are already incredibly accomplished. At the October 27 event, they discussed the current state of climate change activism and how to move forward from here.

published: 07 Nov 2017

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IAS Preparation - Current Affairs: Paris Climate Summit 2015

The Paris Climate Change Conference which concluded recently has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks. After years of repeated failures, the leaders of 195 countries finally came to the agreement that climate change is a global phenomenon and countries from the developed as well as developing world need to act together to curtail the looming threats from global warming.
Questions related to climate change summits and global warming have surfaced time and again in the UPSC papers, both Prelims and Mains. From Mains point of view we can expect a question in both GS Paper - 2 as well as GS Paper - 3. These aspects make this lecture all the more important.
So what were the points of discussion in the ParisSummit? What has been the history of climate change negotiations? What ar...

The Paris Climate Change Agreement Explained

Explaining the historic ParisClimate Change deal and what it means for the world.
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Explaining the historic ParisClimate Change deal and what it means for the world.
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The Paris climate deal has a lot of people cheering, with world leaders like President Obama painting it as a historic moment…[show short clip from his speech], but what exactly does this agreement do and what does it mean for the world?
The major achievement is that for the first time ever virtually all nations committed to reducing their carbon emissions “as soon as possible” and to do their best to keep global warming “to well below two degrees celsius.”
If the world can keep temperature rise below two degrees we’ll have a good shot at avoiding the worst. And seeing as though the 1 degree celsius warming that has already occurred has caused us to begin suffering from noticeably more severe weather, this agreement is long overdue.
The problem is that it’s not legally binding: it doesn’t create rigid timelines for countries to meet their pledges, pledges that vary wildly from country to country--especially for the BRIC nations that are still developing and are understandably wary of sacrificing their own economic growth for the greater planetary good. That’s why pledges initially made in this deal aren’t anywhere near enough to meet the 2 degree goal.
But getting every country to commit to at least some kind of carbon reduction represents huge progress.
Wealthier nations, basically the US and Europe, will also contribute significant amounts of money toward helping poorer countries develop clean power systems and reduce deforestation, which is the second largest contributor to climate change after the burning of fossil fuels.
The agreement also establishes a transparent method for measuring and assessing how well each country is meeting its targets.
And Nations have committed to coming back every five years with new targets that should get increasingly more ambitious as the pace of technological development continues to advance.
So even though the Paris agreement didn’t do nearly enough to make sure the problem will be solved once and for all, the bottom line is that, by acting with one unified voice, the governments of the world finally sent a clear message: that the days of burning fossil fuels will quickly be coming to an end. This is what President Obama alluded to when he said:
“this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is firmly committed to a low-carbon future. And that has the potential to unleash investment and innovation in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before.”
Companies like Shell, Exxon and BP, and countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors are going to have to rapidly shift their revenue models toward clean energy, or risk being left behind.
Although America was a leader in achieving this result, our work is just beginning. We’ve got to continue to defeat the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to undercut efforts to fight climate change here at home. And the most obvious battle will take place on November 8, 2016, when we can elect a congress and a President who will take the torch from President Obama and continue the clean energy transformation of the world’s largest economy.
So that’s what the Paris Climate Agreement is all about--it’s up to us to decide whether it will indeed represent a moment of incredible progress for mankind.
Thanks for watching. Subscribe to this channel to get more videos like this. For TDC, I’m Bryce Plank.

Explaining the historic ParisClimate Change deal and what it means for the world.
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The Paris climate deal has a lot of people cheering, with world leaders like President Obama painting it as a historic moment…[show short clip from his speech], but what exactly does this agreement do and what does it mean for the world?
The major achievement is that for the first time ever virtually all nations committed to reducing their carbon emissions “as soon as possible” and to do their best to keep global warming “to well below two degrees celsius.”
If the world can keep temperature rise below two degrees we’ll have a good shot at avoiding the worst. And seeing as though the 1 degree celsius warming that has already occurred has caused us to begin suffering from noticeably more severe weather, this agreement is long overdue.
The problem is that it’s not legally binding: it doesn’t create rigid timelines for countries to meet their pledges, pledges that vary wildly from country to country--especially for the BRIC nations that are still developing and are understandably wary of sacrificing their own economic growth for the greater planetary good. That’s why pledges initially made in this deal aren’t anywhere near enough to meet the 2 degree goal.
But getting every country to commit to at least some kind of carbon reduction represents huge progress.
Wealthier nations, basically the US and Europe, will also contribute significant amounts of money toward helping poorer countries develop clean power systems and reduce deforestation, which is the second largest contributor to climate change after the burning of fossil fuels.
The agreement also establishes a transparent method for measuring and assessing how well each country is meeting its targets.
And Nations have committed to coming back every five years with new targets that should get increasingly more ambitious as the pace of technological development continues to advance.
So even though the Paris agreement didn’t do nearly enough to make sure the problem will be solved once and for all, the bottom line is that, by acting with one unified voice, the governments of the world finally sent a clear message: that the days of burning fossil fuels will quickly be coming to an end. This is what President Obama alluded to when he said:
“this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is firmly committed to a low-carbon future. And that has the potential to unleash investment and innovation in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before.”
Companies like Shell, Exxon and BP, and countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors are going to have to rapidly shift their revenue models toward clean energy, or risk being left behind.
Although America was a leader in achieving this result, our work is just beginning. We’ve got to continue to defeat the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to undercut efforts to fight climate change here at home. And the most obvious battle will take place on November 8, 2016, when we can elect a congress and a President who will take the torch from President Obama and continue the clean energy transformation of the world’s largest economy.
So that’s what the Paris Climate Agreement is all about--it’s up to us to decide whether it will indeed represent a moment of incredible progress for mankind.
Thanks for watching. Subscribe to this channel to get more videos like this. For TDC, I’m Bryce Plank.

Paris climate summit opens with Bill Gates, DiCaprio, but not Trump

World leaders and philanthropists are in the French capital to try to give new momentum to the fight against climate change, despite the US withdrawal from the ...

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Investigative journalistSteve Horn breaks down the special interests behind the Trump administration's pro-fossil fuel presentation at COP23
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Former President Obama discusses climate change at summit with mayors from around the world

Climate Change Summit 2017

From the Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders to a meteorologist teaching millenials about the consequences of global warming to an innovator sharing the s...

From the Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders to a meteorologist teaching millenials about the consequences of global warming to an innovator sharing the stories of diverse climate leaders, these seven young panelists are already incredibly accomplished. At the October 27 event, they discussed the current state of climate change activism and how to move forward from here.

From the Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders to a meteorologist teaching millenials about the consequences of global warming to an innovator sharing the stories of diverse climate leaders, these seven young panelists are already incredibly accomplished. At the October 27 event, they discussed the current state of climate change activism and how to move forward from here.

Paris climate change summit 2015: 'the near impossible task'

Science editor Tom Clarke reports on the climate change summit in Paris, with 150 global leaders meeting to attempt to reach some sort of deal - but an agreemen...

Science editor Tom Clarke reports on the climate change summit in Paris, with 150 global leaders meeting to attempt to reach some sort of deal - but an agreement is still a long way off.
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The Paris Climate Change Conference which concluded recently has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks. After years of repeated failures, the leaders of 195 countries finally came to the agreement that climate change is a global phenomenon and countries from the developed as well as developing world need to act together to curtail the looming threats from global warming.
Questions related to climate change summits and global warming have surfaced time and again in the UPSC papers, both Prelims and Mains. From Mains point of view we can expect a question in both GS Paper - 2 as well as GS Paper - 3. These aspects make this lecture all the more important.
So what were the points of discussion in the ParisSummit? What has been the history of climate change negotiations? What are the steps taken by India to fight climate change? All this and much more in this lecture.
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The Paris Climate Change Conference which concluded recently has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks. After years of repeated failures, the leaders of 195 countries finally came to the agreement that climate change is a global phenomenon and countries from the developed as well as developing world need to act together to curtail the looming threats from global warming.
Questions related to climate change summits and global warming have surfaced time and again in the UPSC papers, both Prelims and Mains. From Mains point of view we can expect a question in both GS Paper - 2 as well as GS Paper - 3. These aspects make this lecture all the more important.
So what were the points of discussion in the ParisSummit? What has been the history of climate change negotiations? What are the steps taken by India to fight climate change? All this and much more in this lecture.
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The Paris Climate Change Agreement Explained

Explaining the historic ParisClimate Change deal and what it means for the world.
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The Paris climate deal has a lot of people cheering, with world leaders like President Obama painting it as a historic moment…[show short clip from his speech], but what exactly does this agreement do and what does it mean for the world?
The major achievement is that for the first time ever virtually all nations committed to reducing their carbon emissions “as soon as possible” and to do their best to keep global warming “to well below two degrees celsius.”
If the world can keep temperature rise below two degrees we’ll have a good shot at avoiding the worst. And seeing as though the 1 degree celsius warming that has already occurred has caused us to begin suffering from noticeably more severe weather, this agreement is long overdue.
The problem is that it’s not legally binding: it doesn’t create rigid timelines for countries to meet their pledges, pledges that vary wildly from country to country--especially for the BRIC nations that are still developing and are understandably wary of sacrificing their own economic growth for the greater planetary good. That’s why pledges initially made in this deal aren’t anywhere near enough to meet the 2 degree goal.
But getting every country to commit to at least some kind of carbon reduction represents huge progress.
Wealthier nations, basically the US and Europe, will also contribute significant amounts of money toward helping poorer countries develop clean power systems and reduce deforestation, which is the second largest contributor to climate change after the burning of fossil fuels.
The agreement also establishes a transparent method for measuring and assessing how well each country is meeting its targets.
And Nations have committed to coming back every five years with new targets that should get increasingly more ambitious as the pace of technological development continues to advance.
So even though the Paris agreement didn’t do nearly enough to make sure the problem will be solved once and for all, the bottom line is that, by acting with one unified voice, the governments of the world finally sent a clear message: that the days of burning fossil fuels will quickly be coming to an end. This is what President Obama alluded to when he said:
“this agreement sends a powerful signal that the world is firmly committed to a low-carbon future. And that has the potential to unleash investment and innovation in clean energy at a scale we have never seen before.”
Companies like Shell, Exxon and BP, and countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf neighbors are going to have to rapidly shift their revenue models toward clean energy, or risk being left behind.
Although America was a leader in achieving this result, our work is just beginning. We’ve got to continue to defeat the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to undercut efforts to fight climate change here at home. And the most obvious battle will take place on November 8, 2016, when we can elect a congress and a President who will take the torch from President Obama and continue the clean energy transformation of the world’s largest economy.
So that’s what the Paris Climate Agreement is all about--it’s up to us to decide whether it will indeed represent a moment of incredible progress for mankind.
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Former President Obama discusses climate change at summit with mayors from around the world

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Climate Change Summit 2017

From the Native American advisor to Bernie Sanders to a meteorologist teaching millenials about the consequences of global warming to an innovator sharing the stories of diverse climate leaders, these seven young panelists are already incredibly accomplished. At the October 27 event, they discussed the current state of climate change activism and how to move forward from here.

Paris climate change summit 2015: 'the near impossible task'

Science editor Tom Clarke reports on the climate change summit in Paris, with 150 global leaders meeting to attempt to reach some sort of deal - but an agreement is still a long way off.
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IAS Preparation - Current Affairs: Paris Climate Summit 2015

The Paris Climate Change Conference which concluded recently has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks. After years of repeated failures, the leaders of 195 countries finally came to the agreement that climate change is a global phenomenon and countries from the developed as well as developing world need to act together to curtail the looming threats from global warming.
Questions related to climate change summits and global warming have surfaced time and again in the UPSC papers, both Prelims and Mains. From Mains point of view we can expect a question in both GS Paper - 2 as well as GS Paper - 3. These aspects make this lecture all the more important.
So what were the points of discussion in the ParisSummit? What has been the history of climate change negotiations? What are the steps taken by India to fight climate change? All this and much more in this lecture.
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